WV SB156 | 2023 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-01-12 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 12 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-01-12 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
The purpose of this bill is to modernize procedures for voting in public elections, modify voter identification procedure at the polls, remove authority of election commissioners and poll clerks to dispute voter claims of disability and authorize all registered voters to vote absentee ballot by mail, simplify the requirements for emergency absentee ballots; provide for secure receipt of hand-delivered absentee ballots, provide for stand-alone drop-off locations for deposit of completed absentee ballots, revise terms and procedures for casting an absentee ballot by mail, reform the procedures and grounds for challenging an absentee ballot, specify the form and printed text of envelopes for absentee ballots, establish a pre-canvass procedure for ballots received in advance of Election Day, authorize voter cure for potentially deficient absentee ballots, establish a criminal offense of coercion and intimidation of a voter and defining the criminal offense of unauthorized marking of another person's absentee ballot, provide criminal penalties for violations, and correcting citations and grammar throughout.
Title
Relating to modernization of procedures for voting in public elections
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-12 | Senate | To Judiciary |
| 2023-01-12 | Senate | Introduced in Senate |
| 2023-01-12 | Senate | To Judiciary |
| 2023-01-12 | Senate | Filed for introduction |
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | 34 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 3 | 1 | 41 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 3 | 1A | 5 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 3 | 3 | 10 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 3 | 3 | 12 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 3 | 3 | 1a | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 3 | 3 | 2a | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 3 | 3 | 3a | Repealed Code | Citation Text |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 3 | 3 | 9 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 3 | 6 | 6 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 3 | 6 | 7 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 3 | 6 | 9 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
| 3 | 9 | 14 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 3 | 9 | 19 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
